Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Davao City bomber Michael Meiring reported in Houston

He's an American national, wanted in the Philippines for his part in bombing a hotel, who was possibly helping to wage a false-flag terror campaign to justify a US military presence in the country. He was spirited out of the country by the FBI shortly after wounding himself in a premature explosion.

The Philippine Star is reporting today that "the Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking the United States to locate its two nationals — Michael Meiring and his friend, Stephen Hughes — and conduct an investigation into their alleged participation in the bombing of a hotel in Davao City on May 16, 2002."

"Since both are US citizens and wanted by the Philippine authorities in connection with the bombing of the Evergreen Hotel in Davao City, which clearly appears to be an act of terrorism, I am certain the US government will not tolerate this terrorist act," Gonzalez said. The DOJ chief sought the support of the US, through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security, to track down Meiring and Hughes...."If these persons were correctly suspected for acts of terrorism by Philippine authorities, they also pose threats to the United States government," Gonzalez said.

And look at this:

Gonzalez was furnished a copy of an investigation report on Meiring made by 11 News, a media organization in Texas, that said the suspected terrorist had been in Houston.

In its report, 11 News said Meiring was having his last name changed to Van de Meer for remarrying purposes last March. He made the application before the Harris County Family court in Houston. He listed a Houston address as residence where he lived with a woman for several months.The 11 News said it was able to track down Meiring to a phone number with a California area code. He denied the charges, refused an on-camera interview and would not comment on record.What to make of it? Maybe nothing, besides the familiar and unspoken story of the United States sheltering its own terrorists. But I know I'd be uncomfortable if Meiring were in my city. And seeing his name linked this week to Houston is doing nothing to raise my comfort level.

Also today: Philippine authorities announce the discovery of a 300kg clandestine shipment of ammonium nirate, while President Arroyo names Mayor Rodrigo Duterte counterterrorism czar. Duterte had been leading the call for action on Meiring:

http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=21975

In November Duterte made action on Meiring a condition of further cooperation with joint US-Filipino exercises:

This really makes me feel uneasy, after reading this past week that a German intelligence officer warned of Wolfowitz planning a nuclear attack on Houston to help consolidate Bush's dictatorship. Of course, it could just be a really creepy coinkydink...

Meiring, whose ID card identified him as a leader of the Moro National Liberation Front's Bangsamoro Armed Forces, "surreptitiously disappeared" after reports claimed he was spirited away by embassy agents from a local hospital, he said.

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Citing information provided by a media personality in the US, Gonzalez said Meiring had changed his name to Van De Meer and was living in Houston, Texas. The source also said that Hughes was teaching at the North Surry High School in Mount Airy, North Carolina.